Unlocking the mysteries of the Red Planet, Intuitive Machines plans to aid NASA in the ambitious endeavor of returning samples from Mars. During a quarterly earnings call on Tuesday, executives at ...
NASA could get Mars samples back to Earth with a single launch of the Space Launch System rocket, Boeing says. Boeing has put forward its own idea to help NASA get its Mars Sample Return project ...
A still from an animation showing the Mars Sample Return mission’s plan, as designed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. NASA/JPL/YouTube This article was originally featured on The Conversation.
A photo montage showing sample tubes shortly after they were deposited onto the surface by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. The tubes are a backup collection of rock cores and regolith that could ...
Intuitive Machines is looking to help reshape the Mars Sample Return mission architecture with its own technology, based on architecture it has been developing for the moon, executives told ...
NASA is looking for ways to get rock samples back from Mars for less than the $11 billion the agency would need under its own plan, so last month, officials put out a call to industry to propose ...
HOUSTON—The technical and cost challenges of a NASA-led Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission could be addressed with a single launch using the Artemis program’s Space Launch System (SLS) heavy ...
Mars has a distinct structure in its mantle and crust with discernible reservoirs, and this is known thanks to meteorites that scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and ...
A Mars Ascent Vehicle is depicted on the planet’s surface. Credit: Boeing It may seem counterintuitive to use NASA’s pricey Space Launch System rocket to cut the cost of an over-budget ...
On Episode 112 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Rob Manning, Chief Engineer Emeritus of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, about Mars exploration and, in particular, Mars Sample Return.
The future of space travel depends on our ability to reach celestial pit stops faster and more efficiently. As such, NASA is working with a technology development company on a new propulsion ...
During a quarterly earnings call on Tuesday, executives at Intuitive Machines revealed their plans to contribute to the Mars Sample Return mission architecture using their lunar technology.